Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulations 2025
21Nuclear safety management system, arrangements and plans for the conduct of the activity
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21 Nuclear safety management system, arrangements and plans for the conduct of the activity
(1) This section applies to an application for a licence to authorise any kind of facility activity or material activity.
(2) The following are required:
(a) information and documents that describe and document the proposed nuclear safety management system for the activity;
(b) information and documents that describe and document the following for the activity:
(i) the proposed arrangements for organisational and human control of the activity;
(ii) the proposed regulatory compliance plan;
(iii) the proposed supply chain management plan;
(iv) the proposed nuclear safety plan;
(v) the proposed radiation protection plan;
(vi) the proposed radioactive waste management plan;
(vii) the proposed security plan;
(viii) the proposed emergency management and response plan;
(ix) the proposed environmental protection plan;
(x) the proposed insolvency plan;
(c) a description of how that system, those arrangements and each of those plans would be implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed if the licence is issued.
Note: The licence, if issued, would be subject to conditions that the licence holder conduct the activity in accordance with the system, arrangements and plans and that the system, arrangements and plans are implemented, maintained, audited and reviewed: see sections 60 and 68.
(3) Information is required that describes how international best practice in relation to nuclear safety that is relevant to naval nuclear propulsion has been considered in the development of the system, arrangements and plans.